Conservative Party of Quebec

The Conservative Party of Quebec was a conservative political party in the Canadian province of Quebec that existed from 1867 to 1936. The party, which had a strong Catholic orientation, opposed anti-clericalism and supported the role of the Catholic clery in Quebecois society. The party became the Quebec wing of the Conservative Party of Canada, and it dominated Quebecois politics for 30 years after the confederation. The Conservative Party would later be divided into moderate and papist wings, and the party declined after the execution of the Metis leader Louis Riel by John A. Macdonald's conservative government in 1885. They lost the 1896 election due to their loss of support among Francophone voters in Quebec, and the Quebec Liberal Party would hold power without interruption for the next 38 years. In 1936, the Conservative Party merged into the Union Nationale party.